LETTER: Don't be fooled by siren call of Obama's socialism

Have you ever been really upset about something that just happened, and someone places his arm around your shoulder and tries to comfort you by telling you to relax and calm down? Many times that’s the same person who got you upset in the first place!

This is somewhat a parallel to President Obama’s modus operandi, which comforts people by telling them he is going to give them extended unemployment benefits, food stamps, affordable health care (which costs more than they had been previously paying) and promises them jobs he knows will never exist. You feel comforted until you realize that his radical socialist policies are the reason you lost your job and need long- term unemployment compensation and food stamps, which will become ad infinitum.

Socialism makes one dependent on the government, which becomes more powerful with each passing generation. Imagine yourself finishing high school, then college and then staying with your parents in their house — forever. Then something happens you never thought of … they die! And they didn’t own the house so you must get out. Where do you sleep tonight? Who cooks your meals and does your laundry? All of a sudden you’re the equivalent of a feral cat. If only you would have spent your life enriching yourself instead of now looking for a bowl of food. Scary, isn’t it?